There are a couple of new posts from some of the profiler team members: Steve Carroll answers the question “Why are there two copies of my function in Instrumentation mode function report?” And Ian Huff looks at how to profile signed binaries in instrumentation mode. [ianhu]

If you are using Visual Studio Team System Beta 2 and using the profiler on unit tests, there is a small issue that you should be aware of. Currently the IDE does not stop you from right clicking on a running unit test and clicking “Create Performance Session.” However, doing this will get you into…

Interested in profiling an ASP.net application outside of the IDE? Or in some special configuration? Dave Gray’s article on off-road ASP.net profiling will give you lots of info on profiling your ASP.net applications. [ianhu]

David Gray is an early Microsoft employee who left the company several years ago, but he has recently returned to work on the profiler team. He’s just started up his MSDN blog, check out GrayCode here. [ianhu]

OK, so it’s not quite the cure for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, but here is the basic process of profiling an ASP.NET app with the help of automated load test tools: http://blogs.msdn.com/ejarvi/archive/2005/04/21/410467.aspx